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Xhosa vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Belarus, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
Belarus, Gambia  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Poland  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Not Available  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Russian and Ukrainian  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
43  
32
39  
28

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
dobry dzień  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Dziakuj  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Jak vy ?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
Dabranač  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Dobry viečar  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
dobry dzień  

Good Morning
Molo  
Dobraj ranicy  

Please
Ndicela  
Kali laska  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
Vybačajcie  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
da pabačennia  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
JA liubliu ciabie  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Vybačajcie  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
North-Eastern Belarusian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
North-East Belarus  

Dialect 2
Thembu  
South-Western Belarusian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
South-West Belarus  

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Middle Belarusian  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Middle Belarus  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
9.63 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
5.89 million  
26

Native Name
isiXhosa  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  

French Name
xhosa  
biélorusse  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Weißrussisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Belarusians  

History

Origin
16th Century  
18th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  

Branch
Bantu  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Belarusian  

Language Position
Not Available  
79  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
be  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
bel  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
bel  

ISO 639 3
xho  
bel  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
bela1254  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Xhosa and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Belarusian language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Xhosa and Belarusian Language History.

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Xhosa and Belarusian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Xhosa and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Belarusian language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Xhosa vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Belarusian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Xhosa and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.

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